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This year's pre film festival stroll beginning from the Palais portion of the Croisette and heading towards the posh hotels out east begins with...

Following in the footsteps of fellow Quebecois filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee, Denis Villeneuve is capitalizing on the success of his internationally beloved Incendies to capture a Hollywood directing role. 24 Frames is reporting the Maelstrom helmer has just signed on to direct the long-in-development vigilante thriller, Prisoners.

Two years after their appearance on the 2008 Black List, topper films such as The Beaver, Oranges and Butter are all in the bank and awaiting a release next year, while if we plunge into the 2009 list, we see a bunch of titles that have had half the time to get into the starting gate and yet, there are a handful of projects on this list that should, barring disaster, be completed and readied for a 2011 release.

Can't say there are many surprises with today's list, we discussed possible spots for Jacques Rivette, Michael Moore, Werner Herzog, Michele Placido, Todd Solondz, Jaco van Dormael, Patrice Chereau, Fatih Akin, Claire Denis and John Hillcoat's The Road (yes, there is a Santa Clause) beforehand.

The turbulent economy seems to be the go to excuse these days for bad management. The Weinsteins who were reportedly having difficulty finding coin to release their 2009 slate, will eventually pull out of their tight spot and so will Marco Webber and his Senator U.S. label, which until now has managed to only release The Informers - a title that got raped by Sundance critics three months before its release.